Oolite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small round calcareous grain found, for example, in limestones.
  • n. Rock, usually limestone, composed of oolites.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
  • n. An ooid or oolith.
  • Word Usage
    "Mr. Strang says he used natural materials to build the home, including oolite, a rock that came from the site itself."
    Form
    oolitic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ooid    oolith    egg-stone   
    Same Context
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